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Weight gain among schizophrenic patients treated with clozapine
J S Lamberti1, T Bellnier, S B Schwarzkopf
1Rochester Psychiatric Center, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, NY.
The American Journal of Psychiatry
|May 1, 1992
Abstract:
A retrospective chart review was used to assess weight changes in 36 chronic schizophrenic inpatients who were treated with clozapine after being treated with standard neuroleptics. The average weight gain during 6 months of clozapine treatment was 16.9 lb; 75.0% of the patients gained at least 10 lb. The results confirm previous findings of clozapine-associated weight gain.